Power of reason and human freedom: an analysis of the preface, axioms and of the four first propositions of Ethics Part V

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  • Adriana Belmonte Moreira Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2010.89388

Keywords:

Power, Freedom, Affect, Reason, Will.

Abstract

This article presents the meaning of the synonymy between power of reason and human freedom in Ethics Part V, based on an analysis of its preface, axioms and the four first propositions. Along our analysis, we show why the power treated by Spinoza is not that of a free will but the power of reason or intellect that creates an empire over the affects, and the exercise of this government is that which gives meaning to the idea of human freedom in Spinoza.

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Author Biography

  • Adriana Belmonte Moreira, Universidade de São Paulo
    Doutoranda do Departamento. de Filosofia da Universidade de São Paulo

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Published

2010-04-15

Issue

No. 22 (2010)

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Moreira, A. B. (2010). Power of reason and human freedom: an analysis of the preface, axioms and of the four first propositions of Ethics Part V. Cadernos Espinosanos, 22, 141-160. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2010.89388